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IEM Global Challenge Katowice
Tournament Information
OrganizerESL
Sponsor(s)BenQ
Patriot Memory
Intel
Twitch
FormatGroup Stage + Single Elimination
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Poland
AddressSpodek
Aleja Wojciecha Korfantego 35
Katowice, Poland
Start Date2013-01-18
End Date2013-01-20
Broadcast
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
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IEM Global Challenge Katowice is the fourth tournament in the IEM Season VII circuit hosted and organized by ESL. The event took place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland - which would later become the site of the IEM World Championship beginning in 2014. Eight qualified teams competed in a group stage and a single elimination bracket for a $ 50,000 prizepool and a direct seed into the IEM World Championship. In addition to League of Legends, the event was also host to a StarCraft II tournament, with the two games sharing a $ 82,000 prizepool. The tournament was hosted by ReDeYe and the games were casted by Joe Miller, Deman, ButButButILY, Jatt, Panky and CitizenWayne.[1].

The event is also known for xPeke's legendary Kassadin backdoor for Fnatic to beat SK Gaming.

Overview

Format

  • Eight teams qualify
  • Top team qualifies for IEM World Championship
  • Eight teams divided into two groups of four
  • Group stage is round robin, best of one matches, top two advance to bracket stage
    • In case of a tie, group placement will be determined by a time coefficient
    • Time Coefficient is calculated by adding the match times of all lost maps and subtracting the match times of all won maps
  • Bracket stage is single elimination, all matches are best of three

Prize Pool

$ 44,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)QualificationTeam
1$15,500€11,93535.23%IEM 7 World ChampionshipGambit Gaming
2$8,500€6,54519.32%Azubu Blaze
3-4$4,500€3,46510.23%Fnatic
Azubu Frost
5-6$3,000€2,3106.82%MeetYourMakers
SK Gaming
7-8$2,500€1,9255.68%Team Curse
Absolute Legends

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on January 20, 2013, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.77 Euros

Participants

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1 Moscow Five released their players prior to the event. The players will be attending under their new name Gambit Gaming
2 Royal Club was unable to attend, so their spot was given to a second Korean Qualifier.[2]
3 Pulse Esports was unable to attend, and was replaced by Absolute Legends.[3][4]

Results

Group Stage

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Azubu Blaze
3 - 0100%3W
2
EU
Gambit Gaming
1 - 233%1W
3
EU
MeetYourMakers
1 - 233%2L
4
NA
Team Curse
1 - 233%1L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Azubu Frost
3 - 0100%3W
2
EU
Fnatic
2 - 167%1W
3
EU
SK Gaming
1 - 233%1L
4
EU
Absolute Legends
0 - 30%3L

Bracket Stage

Semifinals
KR
AZB
2
EU
FNC
1
EU
GMB
2
KR
AZF
0
Finals
KR
AZB
0
EU
GMB
2
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Match Schedule

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
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Group A
Fri 18 JanFri 18 JanFri 18 Jan - Sat 19 Jan2013,1,18,13,00 - 2013,1,18,18,15
    
Fri 2013-01-18
Fri 2013-01-18
Fri 2013-01-18
2013,1,18,13,00
GMB01AZB
2013,1,18,14,15
MYM10CRS
Sat 2013-01-19
2013,1,18,15,30
GMB01CRS
2013,1,18,16,45
MYM01AZB
2013,1,18,18,15
GMB10MYM
2013,1,18,18,15
AZB10CRS
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Group B
Sat 19 JanSat 19 JanSat 19 Jan - Sun 20 Jan2013,1,19,12,00 - 2013,1,19,17,30
    
Sat 2013-01-19
Sat 2013-01-19
Sat 2013-01-19
2013,1,19,12,00
SK01AZF
2013,1,19,13,30
FNC10AL
Sun 2013-01-20
2013,1,19,15,00
SK10AL
2013,1,19,16,30
FNC01AZF
2013,1,19,17,30
SK01FNC
2013,1,19,17,30
AL01AZF
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Semifinals
Sun 20 JanSun 20 JanSun 20 Jan2013,1,20,11,00 - 2013,1,20,13,45
    
Sun 2013-01-20
Sun 2013-01-20
Sun 2013-01-20
2013,1,20,11,00
AZB21FNC
2013,1,20,13,45
GMB20AZF
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Finals
Sun 20 JanSun 20 JanMon 21 Jan2013,1,20,16,45 - 2013,1,20,16,45
    
Sun 2013-01-20
Sun 2013-01-20
Mon 2013-01-21
2013,1,20,16,45
AZB02GMB

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Streams

Regional Distribution

Teams

EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
Groups
521
Semifinals
22
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players


Armenia

Canada

Finland

France

Germany

Poland

Russia

South Korea

Spain

United States
Groups
111341041024
Semifinals
11214101
Finals
145
Winner
14
Players who played at least one game are listed here. Country of Birth is used.

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